#The Devils Roll the Dice series

[the-lonelybarricade]

Top 5 MB fics?

LOL this is the most difficult ask probably EVER. There's a lot of @separatist-apologist fic I've yet to explore and every one I've read has been a masterpiece so I'm sure my top 5 will be missing some gems.

They Say I Did Something Bad

Is There A Word For Bad Miracle?

Wonderland

I'll Bet You Think About Me

All He Thinks About Is Me

[moonlightspencie]

Criminal Minds Masterlist

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drabble masterlist

Aaron Hotchner

one shots:

Things I Can’t Say: “Aaron Hotchner has a lot of things on his mind. Most of which he can never bring himself to say. Until one slip unravels everything” (4.3k words: FLUFF)(fem!reader)

Sleepover: “Hotch wants the reader, but doesn’t know how to tell her. Maybe a night in will be of some assistance” (4.9k words: FLUFF)(fem!reader)

Solace: “Finding comfort in one another. Repeatedly.” (4.4k words: FLUFF)(fem!reader)

self-assured: “There are many things Aaron Hotchner is sure about in his life. One thing evades this sureness: you” (2.4k words: FLUFF)(gn!reader)

tolerate it: based on the song of the same title by taylor swift (2.0k words: ANGST)(fem!reader)

Everything Goes Wrong: “A few bouts of bad luck aren’t all that bad” (2.4k words: FLUFF)(gn!reader)

Meet-Cute: it’s all in the title (1k words: FLUFF)(gn!reader)

series:

the sweetest con: “Aaron Hotchner is dealing with the aftermath of his divorce, and the new feelings that spring up for someone he shouldn’t feel anything for. It’s a mess to say the least, but it’s a mess he’s more than willing to involve himself in.” (fem!reader)

Spencer Reid

one shots:

Next to You: “Trying to ignore the feelings you have for your best friend can cause complications. Especially when you find out what they’d risk for you” (3.8k words: FLUFF)(gn!reader)

The Fulton Project: “The knowledge of an FBI operation gone wrong has the world as the BAU knows it turning on it’s head. How does something like this end after months of civil unrest?” (4k words: ANGST)(fem!reader)

champagne problems/the beginning and end: based on ‘champagne problems’ by taylor swift, PLUS the prequel (2.9k words: ANGST AND FLUFF)(fem!reader)

Devils Roll the Dice… / …Angels Roll Their Eyes “A new recruit to the BAU catches Reid’s eye. Unfortunately for the both of them, she has a past with someone very close to him. Are they willing to keep secrets just to keep one another?” (TWO-PART MINISERIES)(8.2k words for both parts: FLUFF)(fem!reader)

lost in it: “The aftermath of falling down a rabbit hole!” (1.9k words: ANGST AND FLUFF)(gn!reader)

[translatemunson]

the tortured firefighters department • evan "buck" buckley

series summary: Each year, 240 million calls are made to the 9-1-1 in the United States. For the Los Angeles County Fire Department, it averages 1,200 calls a day. You could do the math and lay down all the probabilities of crossing the country all the way to the sunny — and full of catastrophes — L.A. for a PhD and ending up in a new 9-1-1 call center. But you could never solve the Buckley problem in front of you.

this is a evan "buck" buckley x fem!reader series

warnings: fem!reader, afab!reader, no specific details about reader appearance are given (lmk if i let something slip), slight divergence from the 9-1-1 tv show timeline (hey, it's a fanfic, i can do whatever i want), mentions of violence, mentions of disasters, mentions of medical conditions, mental issues themes. more specific warnings will be provided at each chapter.

chapters

chapter one — devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

chapter two — we play dumb but we know exactly what we’re doing

chapter three — these days I'm restless, work days are endless

chapter four — thought of calling you, but you won't pick up

chapter five — when my depression works the graveyard shift

chapter six — it always ends up with a town car speeding

chapter seven — don’t you dare look out the window, darling, everything’s on fire

more chapters to be announced

blurbs

blurb — you’ve been calling my bluff on all my usual tricks (takes place between the events of chapter two and three)

blurb (requested) — touch me and you'll never be alone (you need to read chapter six to understand it)

special content:

spotify playlist by the lovely @live-love-be-unique HERE

series note: i have planned out a timeline for the series, which means we are getting a lot of development for them (so reading chapters with a number is required if you wanna understand the series). BUT i'm also open to take suggestions of what you wanna see (maybe it's a scene, maybe you saw this prompt and think it matches the TTFD vibes), so please don't be shy and send me your ideas and suggestions via askbox or dms.

author's note: hi guys! first of all, english is not my first language and, even though i'm a writer in my mother language, i still struggle to put ideas on paper in english. so bear with me and my mistakes, ok? new obsession, new fic, ofc. wanted to explore a reader that is not just a dispatcher, but also have some things inspired by my own hobbies and struggles.

banners credits to @cafekitsune

[luminoustarlight]

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organized from newest to oldest // last updated nov 29, 2023

— Sweet Everythings | fluff, 1k

Admissions, cuddles, and kisses.

— As Fate Would Have It (chapter one)* | smut, 3.7k

Anakin Skywalker gets a new assistant, who also happens to be his favorite OnlyFans performer. *see series masterlist for more parts!

— Love Bites, Love Bleeds | smutty themes, >1k

vampire!anakin thoughts

— Saccharine | smut, 5.3k

What do you get when you mix a college Halloween party with beer and a pretty girl wearing a pirate costume?

A jealous Anakin Skywalker.

— Practice | smut, 2.4k

Playing with Anakin’s hair leads to you practicing your dominant side.

— Passionfruit | smut, 2.1k

Ingesting a foreign fruit leaves you and Anakin feeling strange.

— Your Eyes Only | smut, >1k

You leave Anakin a special recording on his tablet.

— State of Grace | fluff/comfort, 1.3k

Anakin finds comfort in you when he can't sleep.

— Had It Up To Here | smut, 4.6k

After argument, Anakin's patience for you has grown thin.

— So It Goes... | smut, coming soon

As a worker at a sex club on Coruscant, you've seen your fair share of characters. However you never imagined a Jedi Knight would be waiting for you in a private room. Anakin's indulgence at the club leads to some complicated feelings for the both of you.

— Good Things Come to Those Who Wait | smut, coming soon

Anakin teaches you a lesson in delayed gratification.

— Devils Roll The Dice | smut, coming soon

“Whatever number I roll, that’s how many times I’m going to make you cum.”

multi-part

— As Fate Would Have It | modern!au, dilf!anakin x onlyfans!/assistant!reader

— Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince | modern!au, high school!au

drabbles/blurbs

dad!anakin x dancer teacher!reader

dilf!anakin’s new assistant is his favorite onlyfans performer - now a series under the title "as fate would have it"!

anakin when he's sick

sin saturday drabbles

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requests are open!

[lestappenforever]

But Daddy(s), I Love Him

Lestappen | 7 555 words | Fluff | Rated T Part 4 of the Devils Roll The Dice (Angels Roll Their Eyes) series

Dedicated to the beautiful, wonderful @f1writingbyme. ❤️

Did I plan to write another part for this series? No. Did I come across two (1 | 2) songs that I couldn't stop listening to until I wrote the damn idea they put in my head? Yes.

So, in honor of two of the three fics in the series, Devils Roll The Dice (Angels Roll Their Eyes) and Like Snow On The Beach (Weird, But Fucking Beautiful), having already existed for a year now, here's part 4!

For full visualization, please have a look at this post I made last year for my last wedding fic, as this one takes place at the exact same venue.

So, without further ado, here you go!

You can read the full fic on AO3 here.

Summary:

“You okay?” his husband asks, and Charles turns his head to look at the Dutchman.

Twenty-one years and Max still looks the same. Sure, he’s a little softer around the edges, his face beginning to show signs of the years gone by, and his blond hair has started sprouting a couple of gray hairs here and there. But he’s still as beautiful to Charles today as he always has been, and those strikingly blue eyes are still Charles’ favorite thing to look at in the whole world. And it’s not like Max is alone; Charles has aged the same way his husband has over the years, and Max still continues to look at him like he’s the single most wonderful creature to ever walk the earth.

Max is wearing the same tuxedo as Charles, only his bow tie and handkerchief are navy blue. He looks gorgeous.

“Yeah,” he says, and it’s only half a lie. “Are you?”

Max nods, glancing down at the courtyard below. “As okay as one can be on his daughter’s wedding day.”

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OR: 21 years after Max and Charles' wedding, and they're back at La Cervara. Only this time, it's to give away the bride.

[separatist-apologist]

You being a Raoul sympathizer is so shocking. You’re telling me that MB, author of the Devil Rolls the Dice series, isn’t team Phantom? Wouldn’t have guessed in a million years

Honestly Raoul is a cutie and did nothing wrong and when I first saw him I was very much a fan. Tragically, I was seduced by the underground lair

HOW DARE YOU. HOW DARE okay so the thing is that like, I do love how handsome the phantom is and his whole underground lair and his tragic backstory are appealing BUT he's kind of an awful dude. I saw it BEFORE I was the kind of person who would write the devils roll the dice series and I just really loved Raoul.

And it has nothing to do with my ridiculous crush on the actor so don't you dare accuse me of that

[starryeyedjanai]

AO3 | tumblr writing tag | drabbles

All fics are Steddie unless otherwise stated 💕

Highlights

Latest: where i most want to be | E | 17k Greatest: surface-level freak | E | 7k | read on tumblr Kinktober/Flufftober/Eddie Month masterpost

One Shots

it takes two, not three (but i’m here anyway) | E | 18k | stomarol All things end and all things change. | E | 23k kinktober series on ao3 drifting past the fog | E | 4.1k | read on tumblr sitting between comfort and chaos | T | 5.7k | read on tumblr all that you've conquered was already yours | E | 2.3k | read on tumblr | stommy to be known | T | 3.7k | read on tumblr one hand gripping the wheel | E | 2.1k | read on tumblr bet. | M | 2.8k | read on tumblr the only thing i would change | G | 2.3k the night breeze carries something sweet | E | 5.4k | ronance a love like this, all it does is burn | E | 2.5k | ronance a lesson in not sinking alone | T | 1.6k

Series

outlaw eddie verse | there's an outlaw on Steve's farm

heard you fell from heaven for me | T | 3.8k the dark remembers you | E | 5.1k

hear, see, speak (no evil) | college roommate voyeurism au

bad bandit got some bad habits | E | 5.8k need to see you sweat | E | 3.8k

camboy alpha steve verse

rolling the devil’s dice | E | 3.9k pedal to the metal of your heart | E | 6.5k

Chaptered Fics

if i could hold you for a minute (i’d go through it again) | E | 30k Steve and Eddie didn't know they were soulmates until Eddie was pressing him up against the wall of the boat house with a broken bottle to his neck. Somehow in all the years of Steve casually knowing of Eddie’s existence, they had never touched before then. | Steddie Big Bang 23 | Complete 3/3

i feel so fucked (at least i'm feeling) | E | 6k | read on tumblr | chronance Chrissy heard that a vampire feeding from you is one of the most intense things humans can feel. | WIP 1/2 chapters posted

you and me and a lot of bad decisions | E | 8k | read on tumblr Steve and Eddie decide to have sex on vacation. And then they keep deciding, and deciding, and deciding | WIP 1/4 chapters posted

it's never enough, but I wanted it to be | M | 6.2k 5 Christmases post-breakup where Steve is hurting +1 Christmas where he's not | WIP 2/3 chapters posted

Tumblr ficlets/blurbs

vibin' - steddie microfic challenge (read on ao3) rated: E steve having an oh. moment about eddie steve gets a panicked text from eddie about a snapchat he sent steve is getting married to someone else give in - steddie microfic challenge (read on ao3) tell me (everything will be alright) (read on ao3) Steve Harrington, cat whisperer (read on ao3) steve, who sees ghosts time loop steddie thoughts - angsty "i was made for kissing you" blurb hockey rivals the government uses NINA to wipe everyone's memories falling in love through writing fic in the 80s

[f4ll-for-you]

👉🏼👈🏼 do you have anymore aegon fanfic recs? 😫🥹

sorry its taken so long for me to respond to this, its a LONG list - these are JUST Aegon fics, please see my other recommendations list for mixed Aegon/Aemond ect

AEGON FIC RECS

Sigh No More by @arcielee

Summer by the Sea by @raphaellathedragon

North To The Future by @inthedayswhenlandswerefew

by @syzrina - Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes , Living with the Greens , Roommates & so many more

by @squirmhoney - Shared Apartment | Masterlist , I Remember - Master List , His Brother's Girlfriend & so many more

Aemond doesn't know... by @houseofhyde

A Merciful King ☼ Masterlist by @chaoticallywriting

by @jasonsmirrorball - if i can't have you, baby , i'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror & so many more

Back home , Married for Love by @multific

by @mrsgrwy - Why d’you only call me when you’re high , What a wicked game to play & so many more

by @sapphire-writes - The Things We Do For Love , Teach Me & so many more

by @valeskafics - Can't Fight This Feeling , Friends with Benefits & so many more

Obsession by @adelusionalwriter

Nameday Series by @written-in-flowers

There are so many more that I love, so always check my reblogs because there are so many incredible writers on here & I love them all!

[ostrichmonkey-games]

Stampede Wasteland TTRPG

WELCOME TO THE WASTES

good luck, you’ll need it

Stampede Wasteland is my in development rules-light ttrpg about adventuring, gunslinging, and surviving a dangerous, extreme, and weird planet. Players are wastelanders, traveling from settlement to settlement, taking dangerous missions, exploring the world, and hopefully making a quick buck or two.

THE SETTING

One of the main inspirations is Trigun, and similarly to that series, humans are the surviving remnants of crashed seed-ships, clinging to survival in the craters of the Crash-Sites that dot the planet. It's got a similar attitude too. Danger, adventure, violence. But things are their own flavor of weird.

During the Crash, the terraforming swarms of nanites that the ships carried were released into the atmosphere where they crashed against the volatile, quasi-living psychofield of the planet and created the Warp: dangerous maelstroms that change whatever they touch. Some even purposefully seek these storms out, welcoming their chaotic blessings.

Gunslingers refine the nanite-crystals that periodically rain down from the Warp Storms into gunpowder: for bullets and for consumption. If you can survive the first nanite-fever, consuming gunpowder can fuel powerful abilities. At the minor cost of staining your blood black, and possibly inducing madness.

The original crew members of the seed-ships have long since passed into legend and myth, becoming deified as Crash Saints. Technoccultists wield their icons and relics, but also risk consorting with dangerous tech-devils in order to harness Warp magics.

Dangerous implants can grant bearers psionic powers and the ability to interface with the psycho-net: a strange data-realm born from the melding of ancient Crash-tech dataspheres and the currents of the planet's psychofield resonance.

There's more to discover out there, but that's a good appetizer.

So how does Stampede Wasteland work?

THE GAME

It's built off of the Together We Go engine (born from the game Down We Go) which is a rules-lite OSR styled system. Dice rolls are simple. Roll over a target value to succeed. You can modify your roll with special bonuses or decrease the target value through narrative positioning. Like a lot of OSR-y games, being in a situation where you're rolling is risky. Players want to stack the odds as much in their favor as they can. Combat is quick and bloody. And in Stampede Wasteland it is made all the quick and bloodier by auto-hit mechanics: so long as you are using your fighting style (which you pick during character creation) you always hit and deal damage.

Stampede Wasteland is an open sandbox. It is player driven, meaning that there is no presumed plot. Whatever troubles the players get caught up in become the plot. And rest assured, there will be troubles. The players have a shared Bounty score that goes up through the game, and if you're unlucky, people are going to start coming after you to claim that bounty.

Resources are slim. Survival is always by the skin of your teeth, and you are almost always backed into a corner. Desperation breeds trouble.

The game is procedural. Settlements and the Wastes are randomly generated as the table explores, meaning that everyone's version of Stampede Wasteland is going to be unique. The procedures are also tools for creating trouble for the players to interact with.

Trouble is fun. I wouldn't call Stampede Wasteland a "play to lose" game, but it is an "embrace the trouble" game. Trouble creates interesting situations where player characters get to flex their abilities.

THE CHARACTERS

Player characters have three components.

A Background that describes their origin.

A Fighting Style that forms a core part of their identity. Think of it as a signature. It’s how you sign your checks.

Class levels. There are four classes; GUNSLINGER, PSYCHER, TECHNOCCULTIST, and WILDWANDER. These give you all sorts of special abilities and situational roll bonuses.

During character creation, you pick out a background, a fighting style, and initially get two class levels to assign to whatever combination of classes you want.

This is one of my favorite elements of Together We Go: multiclassing. You want to dip into Wildwander to pick up a beast ability and companion after spending a few adventures as a Gunslinger? Go for it. Just make sure you meet the "narrative prereq" first (in the case of Wildwander, if it's not one of your starting classes during character creation, to pick up levels in it you have to go out into a Warp storm and embrace the change).

Character abilities range from the bullet-curving feats of the Gunslingers, the symbiotic beast powers of the Wildwander, to the special "skill monkey" Crash Saint domains of the Technoccultist. There's some very cool stuff you can pick up.

And that's a quick rundown on some of the basic elements of Stampede Wasteland. The text has been coming together pretty quickly, so hopefully it gets a release date in the next few months!

As I continue to work on it, I'll share some deeper dives into some more of the procedural elements and play loops. But if you want a rough idea on what to expect, you can also check out DEATHGRIND!!MEGASTRUCTURE, which is also built off of Together We Go. Stampede Wasteland is going to be a bit longer, and characters have a bit more going on though.

[elykrindon]

🎶🎵 Out of the depths of Hell and back Us spawn of the black and white Cover our souls with robes of black Entangle the arms of night Nibbly wants a sacrifice And Wiggly wants his wrath We dancе around the pentagram And take all our kingdoms back - Babblе the spell that gets it done Babble it on command Won't stop until all the blood is drawn The Lords in Black demand - You summon us once You summon us twice You gamble it all on the roll of a dice - The devil has won It can't be undone The book has all but closed on your life 🎶🎵

Hatchetfield's The Lords in Black

Pokotho. Pokey. The Singular Voice.

Bliklotep. Blinky. The Watcher with a Thousand Eyes.

T'noy Karaxis. Tinky. The Bastard of Time and Space.

Nibblenephim. Nibbly. The One Who Feasts in the Dark.

Wiggog Y'wrath. Wiggly. The Lord in Black.

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Ever since watching Nerdy Prudes Must Die, I have became a solid fan of Starkid's and their Hatchetfield series. Here are fan arts of the Lords in Black. Fun fact: I did the dolls in one whole day.

[teacasket]

cruel summer

genre: fluff, angst au: non-idol au warnings: none word count: 0.5k   pairing: gn!reader x lee minho song: cruel summer by taylor swift mini series: cruel summer // august // betty // cardigan // the 1 a/n: the reader in this is not the same reader as betty or cardigan. this reader is minho’s summer friend.

DEVILS ROLL THE DICE, ANGELS ROLL THEIR EYES.

The soda can lands against the door of the vending machine with a thunk. When you bend down to grab it, you ask Minho again, “You sure you don't want anything? I can pay for you, you know.”

As expected, he replies, “I’m good. Pier or beach?”

“Pier.”

You walk side-by-side with him and take special care to not look at him. You’re not supposed to look at him. Not even when the sunset is in your eyes, when there’s nowhere else to turn your head. You’re just friends. Friends don’t look at each other the way you look at him.

You keep your gaze steady on the wooden planks. You feel every bump and whorl under your sneakers. Through the slats, you watch the tides lap at the sand, desperate to make it farther than the dark border painted on by their predecessors. It would be so easy if friendship had an easily discernible line. At least you would know if you were toeing it. Instead, you have to rely on instincts and hope that you’re on the safe side. The right side. But the more time you spend with Minho, the more you want to leap over the blurry gray area and into definitive love.

“What are you thinking about?”

“Nothing,” you say too quickly. When he snorts, you admit, “You.”

“Me?”

It’s only one syllable, but you hear his amusement curling around it like smoke. Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, but Minho has always been good at luring you to the flames. You’ll make a joke, he’ll laugh at it, you’ll take another step into forbidden territory.

“Yeah,” you reply. You lean against the metal railing and finally crack open your can of soda. “Why are you always chewing bubble gum?”

He chuckles and shoves his hands into the pockets of his jeans to search for his pack of gum. Another question you could have asked: “Why do you insist on wearing jeans in the summer?”

“I’m not chewing gum right now,” he says. “I don’t know. Gives my mouth something to do, I guess. Want one?”

While you shake your head, he takes one for himself. With the same amusement in his voice, he says, “I bet you’re just jealous ‘cause you can’t blow bubbles.”

“That’s not true.”

“I’ve never seen you do it before. Do it now.”

He doesn’t know about the smoke in his voice and its effects on you. You feel it tugging at your wrists and almost take a stick of gum. Instead, you catch yourself in time and lamely answer, “I should drink my soda before it goes flat.”

“Knew it. Watch this.”

Like he commands, you watch with tamed envy as the pink bubble between his lips gradually expands. It would be so easy to make the wrong choice right now, to kiss the other side bubble and pray that he doesn’t pull away when it pops.

So, so easy.

WHAT DOESN’T KILL ME MAKES ME WANT YOU MORE.

[winniethewife]

Chain around my neck. (Moon knight system x reader)

The Happy Era, Based on Call it what you want Mood Board Marc Jake Steven

I'll be summer sun for you forever (Basil Stitt x Reader)

In my defense, I have none (Miguel O’hara x reader)

Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes (Santiago "Pope" Garcia x Reader) Request

What I did to you (Moon knight system x reader)

The Sad Era, Based on Betty MoodBoard Jake Steven Marc

Broke your heart, I'll put it back together (Peter B. Parker x Reader)

It's you and me, that's my whole world (Shiv x Reader)

The darkest little paradise (Blue Jones x Reader)

Every single thing to come has turned into ashes (Leto Atreides x reader)

You could call me babe for the weekend (William Tell X reader)

I'm only cryptic and Machiavellian 'cause I care (Nathan Bateman x reader)

You still would've been mine (Peter Roiter x Reader)

What am I supposed to do, if there's no you? (Vincent Caldwell x Reader)

My hand was the one you reached for (Cassian Andor X reader)

I made you my temple, my mural, my sky (Johnathan Levy x reader)

I know I'll be living in vain (Poe Dameron x reader)

Is this the end of all the endings? (Captain Rex x reader)

Flew me to places I'd never been (Han Solo x reader)

We were flyin', but we'd never get far (Anakin Skywalker x reader)

I once believed love would be black and white (Obi-wan Kenobi x reader)

Sit with you in the trenches (Hunter x reader)

Did you hear about the girl who lives in delusion? (Kane x Reader)

How to request for this series:

Please include the following:

Song: any Taylor Swift song is fine but It will be up to my interpretation

Character: I write Oscar Isaac Characters, Star wars Charaters, MCU, Spiderverse (if under 18 will be written platonically or sibling style), you can always reach out with another character but I might not be able to.

Platonic or romantic relationship

If you have something you want in particular to happen or a fave lyric from the song.

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[hangon-silvergirl]

Hello! What are some of your hellcheer fic recs?

Hi! I had really good intentions for putting together a succinct list when I started responding to this, but I tripped and wrote a Hellcheer fanfic compendium instead, apparently.

This is a (non-exhaustive) list of completed Hellcheer fics that I love, and is the result of a two and a half hour trip down memory lane. If I've missed an author's tumblr please let me know!

Some of these stories may contain themes/content/tropes that are not your jam. Please read their tags before jumping in!

So, without further ado, in no particular order:

Never Seem to Find the Time by JuliaBrownen

oh it's not real (if you don't feel it) by BeeLove

where the streets have no name by @alltheseghosttowns

more by 71degreesout

aesthetic chills by @sloelimbs

and the twain were casting dice by @the-reylo-void

warm, sold things by @carry-the-sky

Both Alike in Dignity by @astorytotellyourfriends

the light, the heat by @cyraclove

they'll never know by hawkinshellfire

graceland too (whatever she wants) by @cunnninghams

Linger by CircusBones

You've Got Nothing to Lose by @viharker

reality & other highs by @chrissy-n-eddie

Chrissy & Eddie's Infinite Mixtape by @little-scribblers-heart

you really got me now. by melodicvinyl

don't say yes, run away now by @blondiest

i don't know if i could ever go without (watermelon sugar high) by @cricketsatnight

your turn to roll by mrsren

Alive and Kicking by FrostedGemstones22

put your lips close to mind, as long as they don't touch by @percyjacksonfan3

the answers seem so clear by agents_cxrter

twenty-one rules by elanor_gamgee

like a heartbeat drives you mad by redbelles

Gateway Drug by oponn

WAKE 86.9 by TheRookieKing412

Hobbit Birthdays by PlotWeaver

take a chance on me by WomanOf1000Faces

mixtape by @ivy-eyed

until you kill all my prints by silvermarie

Tattooed on my Heart by VPD2396

Camellia by @nevermorered

The Third Date Rule by InvalidUser1D

Loser Kid by @lokinightfury

you are the music in me by fkevino73

like hands that tick on a clock by @eddiemunsvn

she's so sweet with her get back stare by @theheart-isanarrow

Ride the Sky by Deathinasmalltown

Didn't Mean to Scare You by its_kira

Open Your Eyes by @natliecole

Of Dio, Billy Joel, and Vandalism by @shroomystar

For Whom the Bell Tolls by memequeen1127

all the missing girls are hanging out without us by greatunironic

haunted house with a picket fence by @wndasmaximoffs

someone reaching back for me by @enoughtotemptme

You make me the best kind of nervous, pretty sure you do that shit on purpose… by @phoenixwrites

alexa, play "she bop" by cyndi lauper by @majicmarker

she's under me and i'm not stopping by @majicmarker

she’s a hardcore candy-store give-me-some-more girl by @majicmarker

you'll need me now, i'll teach you how by @majicmarker (honestly, anything by Maj, I am thinking of starting a fan club)

Waiting on Satan's Call by @broomclosetkink

Duality by @broomclosetkink

It's different for girls by @adelaideelaine

Tenderness by @adelaideelaine

The shop around the corner by @adelaideelaine

Red Light Green Light by @idontgettechnology

You drew stars around my scars by @idontgettechnology

The Devil's Backbone by Maebe

You Got Me? I Got You. by Maebe

trailing stars behind us by @hearjessroar

come on pretty baby (kiss me deadly) by @hearjessroar

heavy metal hung from clotheslines by @hearjessroar

preach electric to a microphone by @hearjessroar

i was thursday's child by @agentmmayy

he's got that special somethin' by @agentmmayy

if there's nothing left for you here honey (then there's nothing for me) by @agentmmayy

Dirtbag by @bettsfic

sick part of a sick thing by @bettsfic

No One Like You by QuestionableCovariates

Burden of Proof by QuestionableCovariates

Bonus! Some excellent series (which also largely contain completed stories):

the 'first one's free to get you hooked' series by @uwusillygirl

the 'man to man' series by @bratanimus

the 'mixtape' series by @majicmarker

the 'self-taught learner' series by @adelaideelaine

the 'five drunks & a cheerleader' series by @phoenixwrites

the 'lay beside me, under wicked sky' series by @glitterslag

[wingsoverlagos]

Lewisohn vs. Paul McCartney's Routes of Rock

Paul McCartney's Routes of Rock is a BBC radio series that ran in late 1999 as part of promo for Paul's mostly-covers album, Run Devil Run. It was one of the first sources I tried to find when I started this project, but no dice. A couple of weeks ago, I tried to find it again, and it practically fell into my lap! It's a cute series - Paul talks about his early rock 'n' roll influences and gives some cute early-Beatles anecdotes. You can download the entire series here.

The series totals five parts and runs for ~2.5hrs. The download link has those five parts in three tracks - Track 1 is Parts 1 and 2, Track 2 is Parts 3 and 4, and Track 3 is Part 5. The timestamps I give in this post are for the tracks, not the individual parts/episodes.

Lewisohn cites Routes of Rock ten times in in the standard edition of Tune In. Eight of these citations contain errors; in fact, a ninth might as well, but I can't say for sure - I've included discussion of that citation (Tune In P-3) at the end of the post.

We've got a few classic Lewisohnisms to dig into here: a Frankenquote, details pulled in from an uncited source or from thin air, and Lewisohn playing it fast and loose with Paul McCartney's influences. We'll start with that last one.

Tune In 10-23 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 3 (Track 2, 26:05)

This isn't the first example I've come across where Lewisohn decides that a close approximation of Paul McCartney's influences is good enough for him - I'm reminded of Paul's troubador impression inspiration, discussed here.

Lewisohn uses this quote to support his assertion that Chuck Berry's "Little Queenie" b/w "Almost Grown" was "unfluential to budding songwriters" -- those budding songwriters being John and Paul. But when we check the source, Paul clearly discusses Jerry Lee Lewis's version of the song. Here's my transcript:

We’re gonna finish off with another great favorite that we used to do with the Beatles. To us, this was the beginning of rap, the first time we’d heard anyone talk in a record “Meanwhile [I'm waiting?]” Okay, it’s Jerry Lee Lewis, “Little Queenie”

"I'm waiting" in brackets because I'm not quite sure what Paul's saying there. I think he flubs the lyrics a bit: the spoken lyric in both the Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis versions is "Meanwhile, I was thinkin'." Lewisohn...uh, corrrects??? Paul's mistake here, but instead of writing the actual lyric, he writes "meanwhile I's thinking" which seems a bit fucked, tbh. Lewisohn changes the version of the song Paul was discussing to one by a black artist, and then alters the lyrics to a heavily dialectical "I's" rather than the "I was" that Chuck Berry actually used?? I'm struggling to articulate myself here, but it strikes me in the wrong way.

But back to the issue of Lewisohn changing the artist. Lewisohn goes so far as to mention the b-side for Berry's "Little Queenie" - but since Paul was discussing Lewis's version, the b-side was a different song entirely ("I Could Never Be Ashamed.") Maybe the Lewis-for-Berry switcheroo doesn't seem like a big deal to you--Chuck Berry did write the song, and he was undeniably an influence on the Beatles--but let's take a look at a hypothetical scenario. If an artist said they were influenced by one of the Beatles' covers--let's say "Twist and Shout"--and an author then wrote that said artist was influenced by the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout" b/w "Spanish Twist", that would be...well, a big lie, wouldn't it?

Tune In 4-23 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 1 (Track 1, ~12:12)

This is a Frankenquote, and the most infuriating type of all -- it's a combination of a quote from Routes of Rock with an ~author interview~. Very irritating! Worse yet, while Lewisohn generally tells the reader which part of a FrankenQuote comes from which source (e.g. First sentence from Source A, second sentence from Source B, etc.), there's no indication which bits of this quote come from which source. Mark!!!

My transcript:

Actually, the first record I ever bought though was one- when I was in school, a mate of mine was talking to me about Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps. I mean, if we’d’ve spent as much time on our studies as we did talking about these rock ‘n’ roll acts I think I’d be nuclear physicist by now. It’s a good thing, I think, that I’m not. Anyway, so, he was telling me about Gene Vincent, he said, “Oh, they’ve got this great record out called ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ which I think was their first single. So I went down to our local record shop which was called Curry’s in the city center after school, and I went down and I said, “You got this song called ‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’?” He said, “Yeah” So you went into one of these little listening booths and put it on. [Brief singing] The echo, and the whole atmosphere of it was so fantastic I had to have it there and then. So I got my hard earned cash out, slipped it over the counter. I was the proud owner of “Be-Bop-A-Lula”

This ambiguous FrankenQuote required advanced colorcoding. In yellow, I've highlighted any phrases that almost certainly come from Routes of Rock -- they are exact quotes, or contain only minor changes. In pink are phrases that probably come from Routes of Rock -- the phrasing and information is similar, but I can't say for certain that Paul didn't say something very similar on a separate date. The man does like to repeat himself. In blue are bits that probably originate from Lewisohn's author interview -- there's nothing like it in Routes.

Tune In 5-34 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 3 (Track 2, 15:36)

Okay, I’m gonna move along now to a very early memory of mine. I can remember being in Sefton Park when the fair came to town, and standing beside the waltzers and playing there at full volume with the waltzers spinning around was a track by Charlie Gracie. And it was a great track for me because of all these memories and the smell of chips and the whole atmosphere of the fairground. This is a track that I was about to do—I  never actually ever got round to it. I did it for my new album, but it didn’t make the final cut. I think it’ll appear as one of my b-sides in time to come. But this track was by Charlie Gracie. Here it is now, it’s called “Fabulous.”

Lewisohn rearranges the first sentence here (the phrase "playing there at full volume" in particular is moved later in the sentence), and there's an unmarked omission of several sentences before "called Fabulous."

Tune In 7-7 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 1 (Track 1, 23:17)

I used to get up on the desk at the end of term in school when they finally gave you a day where you could freak out, and I remember the whole class gathering round, and I stood on the desk and did “Tutti Frutti”, I think it was. Thank you, Richard. That’s my man.

The quote here has one minor issue -- "gathering" is changed to "gathered", but Lewisohn adds in some details, namely that Paul brought his guitar to school for this impromptu performance, and that this was the "first time" he'd do such a thing. The guitar isn't mentioned in the source; unless Lewisohn has an additional, uncited source for this anecdote, I don't know why he would assume this was a planned vocal-and-instrumental performance rather than an impromptu vocal solo.

Tune In 8-26 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 3 (Track 2, 19:08)

I think the people- mates of mine and all of us, when we first heard “Dream”, it just blew us away.

Minor changes: "'Dream'" changed to "it", "just" dropped before "blew"

Tune In 11-4 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 2 (Track 1, 54:21)

Now one of our favorites who wasn’t so much in the rock and roll world, but we weren’t really snobbish about that, was more from the jazz world, more from the R and B world was Ray Charles. And this was a record that just blew our socks off when we first heard it. My first time I ever actually heard it was on the BBC with DJ David Jacobs. Quite an unlikely guy, really, with his posh voice, to be playing a record like that. But not only did he play the record, he turned it over and he played the b-side which is more of the same. A really cool move, I always had a lot of time for David after that. This is a fantastic record that just, as I say, blew everyone away: Ray Charles "What'd I Say."

Emphasis added to bits quoted by Lewisohn.

There are issues with the quote itself, along with the issue of added details that aren't in the source. First, the quote: as you can see from the transcript, the "quote" as presented by Lewisohn is cobbled together from three phrases in a much larger quote, rearranged and stitched together without so much as an ellipsis.

As for the added detail, this is the only citation Lewisohn gives in this section, but the detail about "Paul lean[ing] out of bed" to jot down the song name to "[buy] it on release date" is not in the source.

Tune In 13-24 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 5 (Track 3, 3:12)

That was a song called "Honey Hush," and as I say, my favorite version of it was by Johnny Burnette. That track takes me right back to a flat that John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe used to have when they were going to art school. It was in a place called Gambier Terrace. Big, high-ceilinged student flat. It was the first time George and I, I think, had ever stayed out for a night. And we stayed there, we chewed the fat all night. I don’t think we got an awful lot of sleep. I remember waking up in the morning, freezing cold in a chair somewhere with the eyes burning – you know that one? And, I think John just leaning out of his bed—of course, he had the bed, being their flat—to his Dansette record player, putting this one on--boy, that was it for me. “Honey Hush.” Never forget that.

Emphasis added to bits quoted by Lewisohn.

This is another FrankenQuote. In Tune In, the part of this quote that comes before the ellipsis is from an author interview, while the latter part is from Routes. There are two phrases omitted from this quote (unmarked, naturally), and Paul doesn't actually say "putting on Johnny Burnette."

Tune In 13-27 vs. Routes of Rock Pt. 1 (Track 1, 6:56)

One of the people I loved in the early days out of the many was Eddie Cochran. I think why we loved him was because he was a good guitar player. Lot of the guys would just stand up and swing their guitar around, but we’d look to see if they could actually play and when you looked at Eddie, he could really play, he played the solos, and he did the stuff, and you knew he was writing this stuff. And finally a film came around called The Girl Can’t Help It which was really the first film to really pay tribute to rock ‘n’ roll, ‘cause the others had been black and white, small screen things, terrible stories, and no major stars in them, really. Suddenly you had Jayne Mansfield and a bunch of really good actors out of Hollywood. And a fantastic cast of all our favorites. And I think one of my favorite moments in that whole film was when we finally got to see Eddie Cochrane doing “Twenty Flight Rock.”

Emphasis added to bits quoted by Lewisohn.

The phrase "and he did the stuff" is omitted from Tune In without use of an ellipsis.

Finally, the possible error I mentioned at the start of the post:

Tune In P-3 is a single word quote from Paul, "worshipping", but the only form of that word I heard in Routes of Rock was "worship." If that's the only form of worship used in the series, Lewisohn's single word quote should really read "worship[ping]" to indicate the tense change, but I'd have to listen to the whole series again to say with certainty that the other form of worship isn't there.

Sources:

Lewisohn M. 2013. The Beatles: All These Years Vol. 1: Tune In. New York (NY): Crown Archetype. [ebook]

McCartney P. 1999 c.Oct-Nov. Paul McCartney's Routes of Rock. BBC World Service. Accessed online 2024 May 28. Available from: https://mega.nz/folder/MbFzXJoD#G-AsaKKzPUDj9rfC6ate0A

[writervaul-t]

recommendations

***note: stories linked usually don't have smut or smut is written in later parts***

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[ osferth ]

witchling series by @targaryen-realness

"what's going on in that head of yours?" by @bookofbonbon

"i've never heard of such a stupid plan" + "give me your hand" by ↑

i will not fight by @fan-fantasies

you promise by @lazypeachsoul

"you make me question my faith" by @lazypeachsoul

babysitting by @osferth

baby fever by ↑

the river by ↑

all's fair by @mischiefmanaged71

late night idea by @lauwrite1225

tinderbox of a heart by @aphroditesmoon

losing my religion by @kitkatscabinet

your hurts are my hurts by ↑

what good neighbors do by @polkadotsocks1993

because of you by @ultraintrovertedgryffindor

[ sihtric ]

unattainable by @mystic-shadows42

sleepless nights by @lauwrite1225

entertaining royalty by @lady-writes20

[ aemond targaryen ]

i know yours by @bookofbonbon

through the ages by ↑

"just the two of us" by @spideymatcha

to make them love me (and make it seem effortless) by @dango-milk

see no evil, hear no evil by @dilemmaontwolegs

the center of my own existence by @awearywritersworld

little women by @aemonds-war-crime

this fic by ↑

bane of my existence, object of my desire by @jasonsmirrorball

i would die for you in secret by @aemondsbeloved

with him, at all times by @theold-ultraviolence

in a week by @womprat00

she was lovin' me, she was wantin' me by @astrumark

her voice by @targaryenrealnessdarling

dragonstone hollow by @oneeyedvisenya

[ jacaerys velaryon ]

under the weirwood by @targaryen-jpg

unexpected visit by @jacesbeloved

firstborn iii by @archiveofthe-dragon

replaceable by @aphroditesmoon

the day the sun met the sea by @dearsnow

[ aegon ii targaryen ]

early riser by @solacestyles

as you are by @sunnysidelucida

earn it by @piecksbitch16

good grief by @bambimunson

devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes by @syzrina

[ multi ]

living with the greens by @syzrina

playing with fire by @sapphire-writes

[ tom bennett ]

literally everything written from @mischiefmanaged71

this fic by @osferth

[ gaius ]

labyrinth by @bornbetter

border credit: @urdadsfavegirlblogger @firefly-graphics

[effloradox]

LOVER; the series.

a series of soulmate!au drabbles based on the album Lover by Taylor Swift

status: in progress (4/18 written)

TRACKLIST.

ONE. i forgot that you existed (dracula) 3.4k

↳ You share dreams of past lives with your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ i forgot that you existed, and i thought that it would kill me

TWO. cruel summer (aemond targaryen)

↳ You can see the world through your soulmate’s eyes occasionally

: ̗̀➛ i’m always waiting for you to be waiting below, devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes

THREE. lover (tony stonem) 5.0k

↳ The red string of fate leads you to your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ have i known you twenty seconds, or twenty years?

FOUR. the man (steve harrington)

↳ You have an animal that shares the same personality / disposition as your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ every conquest i had made would make me more of a boss to you, i’d be a fearless leader, i’d be an alpha type

FIVE. the archer (dream of the endless)

↳ You can see your soulmate in reflections

: ̗̀➛ i cut off my nose just to spite my face, then i hate my reflection for years and years

SIX. i think he knows (eddie munson)

↳ You can share and hear your soulmate’s thoughts

: ̗̀➛ i want you, bless my soul, and i ain’t gotta tell him, i think he knows

SEVEN. miss americana and the heartbreak prince (jason ‘jd’ dean)

↳ You have a compass that leads to your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ i counted days, i counted miles, to see you there, it’s been a long time coming

EIGHT. paper rings

↳ You have a timer that counts down to your first meeting with your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ kiss me once ‘cause you know i had a long night, kiss me twice ‘cause it’s gonna be alright, three times ‘cause i waited my whole life

NINE. cornelia street (robert renfield) 3.2k

↳ Your soulmate’s first words are tattooed on your wrist

: ̗̀➛ sacred new beginnings that became my religion

TEN. death by a thousand cuts

↳ You have a matching tattoo / mark with your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ our songs, our films, united we stand

ELEVEN. london boy

↳ You think with your soulmate’s voice until you meet them

: ̗̀➛ but somethin’ happened, i heard him laughin’

TWELVE. soon you’ll get better

↳ You develop the same injuries as your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ what am i supposed to do, if there’s no you?

THIRTEEN. false god

↳ You know they’re your soulmate when you first touch them

: ̗̀➛ i know heaven’s a thing, i go there when you touch me honey

FOURTEEN. you need to calm down (billy loomis) 2.6k

↳ Your soulmate cannot physically harm you

: ̗̀➛ stressin’ and obsessin’ ’bout somebody else is no fun, and snakes and stones never broke my bones

FIFTEEN. afterglow (wednesday addams)

↳ You can feel your soulmate’s emotions

: ̗̀➛ it’s so excruciating to see you low, just wanna lift you up and not let you go

SIXTEEN. me! (peter parker) 2.4k

↳ The world is in black and white until you meet your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ but one of these things is not like the others, like a rainbow with all of the colors

SEVENTEEN. it’s nice to have a friend

↳ When you first see your soulmate, you just know it’s them

: ̗̀➛ something gave you the nerve to touch my hand, it’s nice to have a friend

EIGHTEEN. daylight (robin buckley)

↳ You can’t lie to your soulmate

: ̗̀➛ i’ll tell you the truth, but never goodbye